Rule2025-04114

Payment of Indemnity and Compensation for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Reopening of Comment Period

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Published
March 14, 2025

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Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Abstract

We are reopening the comment period for our interim rule that would amend the regulations pertaining to conditions for payment of indemnity for highly pathogenic avian influenza. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 49 (Friday, March 14, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04114]



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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 49 / Friday, March 14, 2025 / Rules 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 53

[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0088]
RIN 0579-AE79


Payment of Indemnity and Compensation for Highly Pathogenic Avian 
Influenza; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our interim rule that 
would amend the regulations pertaining to conditions for payment of 
indemnity for highly pathogenic avian influenza. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the interim rule published on December 
31, 2024 (89 FR 106981-106996) is reopened. We will consider all 
comments that we receive on or before April 14, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. 
Enter APHIS-2023-0088 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab, 
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
    <bullet> Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2023-0088, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 2C-10.16, 4700 River Road, Unit 25, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> or in our reading room, which is located 
in Room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is 
there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Leonardo L. Sevilla, DVM, 
Veterinary Medical Officer, Poultry Health Team, VS Strategy and Policy 
Aquaculture, Swine, Equine, and Poultry (ASEP), ASEP Health Center, 920 
Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606; (984) 766-1528; 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ad6fff5f4fbe8fef5b4e9ffecf3f6f6fbdaefe9fefbb4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aee2cbc1c0cfdccac180ddcbd8c7c2c2cfeedbddcacf80c9c1d8">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 31, 2024, we published in the 
Federal Register (89 FR 106981-106996, Docket No. APHIS-2023-0088) an 
interim rule to amend the regulations pertaining to conditions for 
payment of indemnity for highly pathogenic avian influenza.
    Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or 
before March 3, 2025. We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2023-0088 for an additional 30 days. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. We 
will also consider all comments received between March 4, 2025, (the 
day after the close of the original comment period) and the date of 
this document.

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.)

    Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of March 2025.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
[FR Doc. 2025-04114 Filed 3-13-25; 8:45 am]
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